How pretentious can somebody be??? Bush pretentious. Here is proof:

[LittleApple81]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5146260 /

At the end of the interview, after all the usual platitudes:


Brokaw: “Thank you, Mr. President.”

Bush: “Tom.”

Brokaw: “You think of yourself as a Ronald Reagan Republican?”

Bush: “Think of myself as a George W. Republican, different era.”

A GEORGE W. REPUBLICAN???? HE IS NOT EVEN OUT OF OFFICE YET! HE IS NOT DEAD YET! HE HAS SCREWED UP!!! SO WHAT IS A GEORGE W. REPUBLICAN!!!!

[arwalden]

1. An Illiterate Incurious Out-Of-Touch Dumb-Fuck Felonious War Criminal?

That would be my FIRST attempt at describing it... there's MORE!

-- Allen

[number6]

23. that sums it up for me

;)

[DemoTex]

2. Good. The GOP survived Reagan. It won't survive 4-more of Bu$h.

The closer the GOP is tied to the scandalous regime of George W., the better the chances of Democrats, all.

On edit: Even Reagan, when the poor fellow makes it to his grave later this week, might just start spinning.

[FleshCartoon]

3. Oh, let him...

...piss off all the Reagan worshippers. That can't be good for his poll numbers. Heh.

[Cocoa]

4. the most touching tribute yet

Brokaw: “Let me ask you about President Reagan.

Bush: “Yeah.

[rfkrocks]

22. ROFLMAO

[belle]

31. Classic. And classy! As always.

I *still* cannot get over the number of people who say things like "Bush brought dignity back to the White House" or "the grownups are back." Grownups! When he's *not* acting like a scary religious zealot or a drunk in semi-blackout, he comes off exactly like a spoiled, surly teenager.

[psychopomp]

41. Dignitude.

Last week, Andrews AFB

[hlthe2b]

5. Egomaniac narcissist through and through.....

I hope some of the Reagan true believers hear that though-- it might just give them pause...

[BlackVelvetElvis]

14. Don't forget meglomaniac.

[hlthe2b]

6. Come to think of it, this might be the way to get Bush* to crack in public

Think of it: if every time he gets a question from the press it is asking him about Reagan's legacy, or comparing his to Reagan's, particularly if it came after a string of tough questions about Chalabi, Iraq deaths, lack of support/success from his overseas adventure, etc.


Hmmm :evilgrin:

[LittleApple81]

9. Whom could we got to do this? He gives so few interviews... but somebody

in Air America could use this as a meme for all the crap he does...
"Ladies and Gentlemen: this is the way that a George W. Republican tackles he problem of environmental protection, or NCLB, or... or... etc. "

[MajorFlaw]

24. If Kerry doesn't refer to Reagan during the debates and ask,

"are you better off today than you were four years ago", then I have overrated his intelligence. Shrub's campaign for re selection will be overshadowed by the image of Reagan. I'm proud that I voted against Reagan both times, but I'd feel a lot safer if he were president rather than shrub. Although I wasn't old enough to vote against Nixon either time (3 times, including 1960), I would rather have him as president instead of shrub. Nixon wasn't stupid enough to start pointless and poorly planned wars and shrub's own dirty tricks make Nixon look like an amateur. Worse than Reagan, worse than Nixon, that about says it all.

[hlthe2b]

30. Yes... and there are significant quotes from Reagan that directly

criticize the kind of policies Bush* has taken. Kerry needs to use Reagan's words against Bush*.

Split the Reaganistas from the Bushistas....!

[MajorFlaw]

35. I'm sure that there are some Reagan "balanced budget"

and anti big government comments out there. Kerry should remind people of Reagan's comment about "spending money like drunken sailors."

[swag]

7. It will be fun to see him, Bush I, Ford, Carter, and Clinton

at the prolonged state funeral, the rest of them making our little Flightsuit Bunnypants looking as shriveled and vacant as he is.

[jackstraw45]

8. Wonder what the Freepers would think of that comment?

:)

Could the Chimp be ANY less likable?

I think not.

[salin]

10. bwahahahaha he is going to keep turning off the diehard

reaganasthebestpresidentever folks. LOL.

In their heads they hear Lloyd Benson speaking to Quayle...

and the comparison doesn't work in bush's favor.

[goclark]

11. He has lost it completely

Katie bar the door!
GWB is totally out of touch.
He speaks at a 2nd grade level. He thinks like a Kindergarten 1st day student and he is STUPID! What a embarrassment to the United States of America!

Dear God,

Please send us a President that speaks English and has an IQ above 88.

:wtf: was he talking about in that interview???:scared:

[LittleApple81]

13. The worst was that he could not pronounce some common words like

"sorely" (people heard "sort of" which is funny when you say "sort of missed") and "charismatic".
I could not read the whole thing but the last three lines were just too much... he is amazingly conceited.

[crossroads]

38. Pompous egotistical fool...

:eyes:

[Kinkistyle]

12. Attention-whore.

It always has to be about "me me me the Shrub". He can't stand that Reagan gets more reverence than he does.

SO KEEP ASKING SHRUB MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT RONNIE!!!

Sooner or later its going to get to his feeble-little ego and he's gonna crack :D

[j1607760]

15. It's Unbelieveable That This Moron Hasn't Been Impeached

How many presidents have initiated a war based on non-existent evidence, gives a State of the Union address in which he mentions explosive evidence against another nation without having even verified it, who compromises national security (not to mention a CIA agents life!) by blowing the cover of an intelligence agent, helps energy company's to subvert antio-trust laws and gouge customers, lies and says he didn't know about US soldiers torturing Iraqis until the rest of America did (sure, George, pull my other leg why don't you? He's dumb but he ain'y THAT dumb!). Any other president would have been impeached by now (Nixon was) but the GOP run Congress has decided they'll do nothing about a man who they know to be a liar, a criminal and a traitor all because he's a Republican too. I call Dubya a traitor because we all know he ordered that Valerie Plame's cover be blown and we all know why. If that's not a high crime or misdemeanor, then what the hell is?

[taxidriver]

16. a "Compassionate Conservative". dont you watch Fox?

[BabsSong]

17. It's the "my government" references that make my skin crawl

He hasn't the intelligence to refer to things as "my administration" which is totally different from "the government" which is an entity created by the Constitution and belonging to the public body. It' always "my government". Maybe that's why he understands squat about the seperation of powers in that document. This is one bad, wierd assed, sicko we let into power. I guess if you can sit in the Oval Office without ever being elected or ascending because of the death of a president, you kind of think of it all as "your government".

[buycitgo]

20. "l'etat, c'est moi!" .......moan shur

what a DICK!

[rfkrocks]

25. Right on!

He doesn't own the government=we the people do! It makes my skin crawl too-there is no friggin humility in the man-not even a wink at that fact he is a PUBLIC SERVANT-not a deity

[spanone]

18. george w. republican = asshole who fucks up the world.

[LittleApple81]

19. Best interpretation of a George W. Republican so far. LOL. Thanks.n/t

[progressivebydesign]

21. Ack! I read the whole interview..

Do you think guys like Brokaw walk away from those interviews shaking their head, wondering how this guy got into office? Even when Bush tries, he's still incredibly inarticulate... must be a bitch to transcribe those interviews. Brokaw tossed him some softball questions, but on the good ones, Bush interupted and deflected it. Brokaw SHOULD have pushed a bit harder on reminded that dufus that Iraq did NOT have anything to do with the war on terror.. or 9/11. But I suppose he was grateful for ANY type of interview.

Bush is so damn egotistical... George W. Republican. He's right.. whole 'nother era. The era of hell. And, he even said earlier in the interview that Europe hated Reagan, too. Oh.. he was disliked there.. but no U.S. president has ever been hated more worldwide.

[LittleApple81]

26. You have a stronger stomach than I do... I looked at the bit about

Chalabi (by using the "find" option in my browser) when another poster mentioned what he said. They I remembered somebody saying that he said "sort of missed" and I found that it was supposed to be sorely missed; I was ready to close the page when I looked at the last three lines. I had to re-read them because I could not believe what I read... but yup, he thinks he is a George W. Republican!

[MajorFlaw]

29. Bring 'em on+George W Republican+now watch this drive= Toast n/t

[qanda]

27. All I can say after reading that is

Bush* should be glad that Reagan picked this weekend to pass on because not many people will hear or focus on this interview. That was absolutely terrible!

[belle]

32. Okay, that cinches it. He's a *pure* narcissist, 110%.

That's completely classic N behavior. He can't even control himself enough to make the appropriate noises--i'm sure *somewhere* in his sodden brain stem he knows enough about the game to know that paying respects to a dead Republican president would reflect well on him--but his ego gets in the way of even political self-preservation. Dingleberry.

[FizzFuzz]

34. I agree re: NPD

he perfectly fits every description I've ever read about N'ism..I think he even veers into Anti-Social PD or Psychopathy. Ever read Dr Richard Hare? He talks about psychopaths and another interesting feature is that according to him, psychopaths often display unusual speech patterns, malappropisms, non-sequiturs...stuff that implies the cognitive faculties aren't working quite right. Sounds like Our Great Leader to me......

[Straight Shooter]

28. George W. Republican is a code word for a Social Misfit n/t

[SarahB]

33. He's full of shit!

Therefore full of himself. Kind of funky how that all works out. He just grinds on my nerves. Irritating mofo I say.

[DemMother]

36. He knows the Reagans don't like him

or his family. Wasn't Nancy pretty rude to Babs, and didn't young Ron say something along the lines of "my father craps bigger ones than W?"

Bush's scuttling of stem cell research had to have been upsetting for the Reagans--especially Nancy. Maybe she'll turn the research into some kind of memorial project in honor of her husband. Bush can't be looking forward to fighting her over that issue.

I hope reporters will keep bringing up Reagan's name. As thin-skinned as that family is, I bet Bush will keep saying the wrong thing--but then they'll probably keep him under wraps until he delivers his scripted remarks at the memorial.

[crossroads]

37. I too hope Nancy pushes the stem cell issue...

:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

39. The only explanation is a run a way Fantasy. He is so afraid of failure

it drives him to accept Fantasy as a means to contend with the truth. Denial of evidence revealing the failures of his policies. Set up by the NeoCons, Bush has his name on the projects he initiates. Now that its all coming down as miserable failures, he seeks solace in delusion.

He refuses to accept "Failure"....embracing delusional rationalizations and distortions of the truth.

[PVnRT]

40. He has a point

George W. Republicans are basically going to be the neoconservative, fuck-the-world-we-don't-need-'em-unless-they-do-what-we-say types who vote based on social issues more than anything else. There are plenty of Republicans who won't identify with that - maybe they'll split off in November.

[Piperay]

42. What an ASS!!! The guy

is a veritable IDIOT! :silly:

[donhakman]

43. GW mural

[crossroads]

44. Cool mural...

:thumbsup: